Canvas Print: The Tea-Tax-Tempest, Or The Anglo-American Revolution, 1778
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Canvas Print: The Tea-Tax-Tempest, Or The Anglo-American Revolution, 1778

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Canvas Print: The Tea-Tax-Tempest, Or The Anglo-American Revolution, 1778Canvas Print The Tea Tax Tempest Or The Anglo American Revolution 1778
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  • Title: The Tea-Tax-Tempest, Or The Anglo-American Revolution, 1778
  • Description: Print shows a satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as American troops advance through the smoke. Figures representing world opinion look on: an Indian for America, a black woman representing Africa, a woman holding a lantern symbolizing Asia, and a woman bearing a shield for Europe.
  • Creator: Guttenberg, Carl, 1743-1790, engraver
  • Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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